Kachcheri

The main tasks of the District Secretariat involve coordinating communications and activities of the central government and Divisional Secretariats.

Kachcheri is a Hindustani word[3][4] initially used for the Revenue Collector's Office in the early years of the British Colonial Administration in Ceylon.

[5] (Sri Lanka) Revenue collection was a main feature of the Dutch pattern of colonial administration.

[5] Even after the independence, kachcheri was retained as the district administrative centre and focal point of the provincial administration and placed it under a government agent.

[6] However, in 1987, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka[7] made provisions for the establishment of Provincial Councils.